"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.